Il Viaggio a Reims
Il Viaggio a Reims or Il viaggio a Reims is an operatic dramma giocoso, originally performed in three acts, by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Balocchi.
(Full title Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro, in English "The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis")
Contents
The original text
Based in part on the 1807 novel Corinne ou l'Italie by Germaine de Staël.
First performance: 19 June 1825, Comédie-Italienne, Paris, France
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2010: Presented by Cape Town Opera (9–15 May)
2014: Presented by Cape Town Opera (26–30 August)
Sources
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
